Probably the last in line for the Socket 478, the Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4E GHz is an improvement over its older brother, the 3.2 GHz Prescott. It features a higher clock speed while maintaining the same thermal specifications. The 3.4 GHz Prescott has optimized Hyper Threading which enhances audio and video applications. The P4 3.4E [...]
The JBL 5.1 speaker system is quite a la mode; the subwoofer has logic buttons for volume control and the output mode-optical/coaxial/TV/Aux. The speakers can be connected to the Audio Out of a TV. This output can be ‘upmixed’to 5.1 surround. Unfortunately, these are the only analog connections provided and that too just two channel. [...]
The bass is not very powerful, so this system works just fine for a small room. There is just enough power in them for a setup like this without makingyou stone deaf. The satellites are much like their Creative cousins-great for multimedia setups and quite good reproduction of high frequency notes. For: Can decode DTS, [...]
The Inspire 5700 is a 5.1 speaker system with a digital decoder. It accepts optical as well as coaxial inputs-so make sure that you have a soundcard like the Creative Audigy2 or Z5 with the extra drive, which has these outputs. Analog inputs are also provided on the decoder but onIy for the rear and [...]
The optical drive is a regular 24x CD-ROM drive. This laptop has the bare necessities-if you want to connect to your office network you have an integrated RJ45 connection. If you want use a dial- up, the 56K modem is also built into it. For: The biggest plus is its price tag; a very affordable [...]
The ‘V’ in stands for VIA. This laptop is a steal for those who long for a laptop but cannot afford one. At a mere 30,000, (taxes extra and if you shell out a couple of hundreds more, you’ll get a leather carry-case) it is a decent buy for those who are not into any [...]
The CX7300 is a 3.2 mega pixel camera-extremely simple to use for someone who does not know the ABCs of photogra phy. The ca mera is comfortable to holdshaped like the Sony Cybershot series with the left panel curved to allow your hand to grip it better. All the buttons are within thumb’s reach. As [...]
Anodized Aluminum-that’s what the Maxtor One Touch external hard drive is made of. This particular Maxtor One Touch device has 300 GB of storage space! It is extremely easy to set up and get going, and has the extra advantage of being placed vertically with the help of a plastic stand. Unfortunately, the stand does [...]
This hard drive runs at a speed of 7,200 rpm and its average access time as per SiSoft Sandra was only 6 milliseconds! Even the 580 MB of information we transferred to the drive took little over half a minute. Bounce Back Express is very easy to use as its entire interface is rather Spartan; [...]
The Seagate external drive is one solidlooking drive. It comes across clearly from its build that the product is designed to withstand rough treatment. The hard drive supports USB 2.0 and has two FireWire ports so that you can daisy-chain devices. The power plug pins were not compatible with our power sockets, so we used [...]